Blue Bluː Oxford Noun Bre Bright/Dark/Light/Pale Room Decorated

• bright/dark/light/pale blue
• the room was decorated in vibrant blues and yellows.
• she was dressed in blue.
• he’s an oxford rugby blue.

blue

1. the colour of a clear sky or the sea/ocean on a clear day
• bright/dark/light/pale blue
• The room was decorated in vibrant blues and yellows.
• She was dressed in blue.
2. a person who has played a particular sport for Oxford or Cambridge University; a title given to them
• He’s an Oxford rugby blue.
• She won a blue for rowing.
3. a mistake
4. a name for a person with red hair
• See related entries: Hair colour
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5. a fight
6. an event or a piece of news which is sudden and unexpected; a complete surprise
• See related entries: Surprise
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/surprise/blue_2
• Her dismissal came as a bolt from the blue.
7. the police
• See related entries: The police
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/the_police/blue_4
8. unexpectedly; without warning
• The decision came out of the blue.

Word Origin

• Middle English: from Old French bleu, ultimately of Germanic origin and related to Old English blǣwen ‘blue’ and Old Norse blár ‘dark blue’.